Shloka 11
बल॑ बलवतां चाहं कामरागविवर्जितम् | धर्माविरुद्धो भूतेषु कामो5स्मि भरतर्षभ,हे भरतश्रेष्ठ! मैं बलवानोंका आसक्ति और कामनाओंसे रहित बल अर्थात् सामर्थ्य हूँ और सब भूतोंमें धर्मके अनुकूल अर्थात् शास्त्रके अनुकूल काम हूँ
balaṁ balavatāṁ cāhaṁ kāma-rāga-vivarjitam | dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu kāmo ’smi bharatarṣabha ||
I am the strength of the strong—strength that is free from craving and attachment. And among living beings, O bull of the Bharatas, I am desire (kāma) that does not oppose dharma: desire aligned with what is right and sanctioned by sacred law.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power and desire are not condemned in themselves; they become spiritually and ethically valid when purified of attachment (rāga) and craving (kāma as compulsive lust) and when aligned with dharma. The verse affirms disciplined strength and dharma-consistent desire as expressions of the divine.
In the Gītā’s revelation of divine manifestations, Krishna identifies himself as the pure strength in the strong and as desire that accords with dharma among beings, guiding Arjuna to distinguish righteous motivation from passion-driven impulse amid the pressures of war.